Sidewalks coming to Palmyra Road in Hannibal

Another sidewalk project will soon get underway in Hannibal . This time along Palmyra Road.

Once it's done, one of the most traveled areas of the city will be a lot safer.

"I think it will be a load off of everybody's mind to be honest,"Hannibal Middle School Principal Blaine Mundle said.What Principal Mundle is talking about is the plan to add much needed sidewalks along the east side of Palmyra Road in Hannibal.

The new sidewalks will extend from Pulliam behind the Middle School to RiverView Park .

The project will be done in three phases according to Project Manager Brian Chaplin.

"Our first phase of the project will start here at Pulliam Avenue and run all the way down to Luther Lane," Chaplin said.

"We're very close to Palmyra Road so we see those kids walking either in the street or very close to the street," Patterson said. "It looks dangerous to me. I'm not a safety expert but I think we've been safe so far that there's been no accidents."

One of the big concerns are these sloping hillsides that make it even harder to walk safely.

"Our plan is with those sloped areas, those high banks, is to put in a retaining wall, a nice brick retaining wall with a 6-foot wide sidewalk," Chaplin said.